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# sosen • [ so.sɛn ] • adj. spicy, flavorful and with moderate heat | # sosen • [ so.sɛn ] • adj. spicy, flavorful and with moderate heat | ||
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+ | Sikunn language again, even though I probably picked a bad language for this round as it seems loosely related to Akachenti for all it also seems it isn't. Lots of language contact maybe. | ||
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+ | # pakosunn • [ pɑk.os.un: ] • n. 1. travelers; 2. caravanners; 3. nomadic people groups or members of them. |
Revision as of 16:17, 4 December 2017
Lexember is the challenge of creating a word a day.
Lexember 2016
Lexember 2017
In the Sikunn language, it's quite typical for the second vowel to completely disappear, especially before an l.
12/1/17
Sikunn Language
- ishkalahe • [ iʃ.k.laɛ.hɛ ] • n. one's committed significant other, their culture's equivalent of a beloved wife, lit. "blood of my heart"
- sheko • [ ʃɛ.ko ] • n. blood; that which carries life, e.g. a river is the "blood" of a city
12/2/17
In Sikunn culture, oaths or vows are considered bonds on a person’s soul, so much that it’s a saying in that part of the world that “The Sikunn swear no oaths but to their god.” That being said, that’s why the meanings of this word. I’ll IPA it later.
- okeletos • [ ok.ɛ.lɛt.os ] • n. 1. sworn oaths or vows; 2. chain, whether for jewelry, machinery, etc.; 3. archaic. slavery or servanthood.
12/3/17
Sikunn
- sosen • [ so.sɛn ] • adj. spicy, flavorful and with moderate heat
12/4/17
Sikunn language again, even though I probably picked a bad language for this round as it seems loosely related to Akachenti for all it also seems it isn't. Lots of language contact maybe.
- pakosunn • [ pɑk.os.un: ] • n. 1. travelers; 2. caravanners; 3. nomadic people groups or members of them.